Coming Full Circle: How far has Obama turned in his Pivot to Asia?
At the outset of President Obama’s first term, a range of new diplomatic initiatives were unveiled, ones meant to...
Weighing the Scales: US presidential ballot box for Asia
As both presidential nominees travel across the US in the last weeks before the election, the world will be...
How Liberals Learned to Love Fox News
Fox News was born from a desire to counteract a perceived bias in the US media landscape. Its recently...
Cadres and Trials – How top Chinese officials get purged
Friday the 13th of May 2016 was a bad day for Ling Jihua. The former top aide to Hu...
Can Saudi Arabia Avoid Total Collapse?
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is in a bit of a pickle. 90% of their revenue comes from oil,...
Refugees and their Mental Health in the Welfare State
Since the end of 2014, Europe has experienced an increased influx of irregular migrants matched only by migration flows...
Water, the Next Iraqi Problem
For years, Iraq has suffered a water scarcity crisis that has been exacerbated by poor domestic governance, an uncooperative...
Towards an EU Global Strategy?
As I am writing these words, the European External Action Service (EEAS), which is the European Union’s (EU) diplomatic...
Glory Days Ahead for Korea’s Filibuster?
The filibuster, a procedure used by legislative bodies around the globe to block or delay bills, is unfailingly a...
Why THAAD is Good for Nothing
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) is once again in the news in South Korea, the US, China and...